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US must respect India's right to self-defence, oppose terrorism: Blinken

"India is a global force," Blinken said, adding that the relationship and shared interests between Washington and New Delhi were "really global in nature"

Xi, Trump and Putin to hold historic trilateral summit at APEC meet

The meeting of the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders will take place November 18-19

Tanker hits cruise ship in New Orleans, 32 hospitalised, none critical

The cruise ship, which still had about 129 passengers and an unspecified number of crew members aboard, began to sink before tipping over, sending people into the Mississippi River

With shifting Iran rhetoric, Trump leaves W Asia in limbo about path ahead

Trump acknowledged on the day after the midterms that the war and the global economic tumult it's caused were partly to blame for Republicans' electoral losses

India supports UNGA resolution on permanent sovereignty of Palestine

India voted in favour of the resolution along with 150 other UN Member States, while Israel and the US were among the seven nations that voted against the draft, which got 11 abstentions

US transportation secy seeks $50 bn emergency air traffic upgrade funds

Duffy and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the outage was caused by older routers being overloaded with data

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls computing power deepest business dilemma

Amodei was pitching the firm's IPO to an audience at JPMorgan's headquarters in Manhattan that include high-profile investors including Bill Ackman

Democrat Senators ask Musk to preserve documents on Starlink in Ukraine

Democrats, who have gained at least eight seats in the Senate, have vowed to make the company's role in the war in Ukraine a key issue when the new Congress is seated in January

US authorities lift nationwide flight ground stop after 4-hour disruption

The Federal Aviation Administration halted flying on Friday after a data overload crippled air traffic control communications and radar

Trump unlikely to raise Alice Huang case with China's Xi during APEC summit

Though semiconductors have been a major flash point in US-China relations, the US president is not expected to raise the latest issue with Xi for now

Nvidia approaches Arm CEO Rene Haas as employees seek Huang's return

Huang stepped down on Thursday after revelations of extramarital affairs, including one involving a suspected Chinese spy, plunging the chipmaker into crisis

Microsoft restores services after global outage hits Outlook and Teams

Microsoft had said ​server issues were behind the incident that also affected its Copilot AI assistant, and that it was not aware of any malicious ​activity, ruling out AI as the cause

Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang misled top lawyer on affair with Alice Huang

Nvidia's stock has fallen more than 30% since its October 6 closing high, erasing more than $1.8 trillion from its market capitalization

Europe to send diplomat team to Ukraine talks as leaders push for a voice

European leaders have been concerned that a US-backed process will leave them sidelined and Kyiv vulnerable as Moscow and Washington decide the fate of a conflict that has roiled the continent

US stocks mostly ease with tech, Nvidia concerns; airline shares fall

Airline shares dropped in the final minutes of the regular US session after the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a national ground stop of ​all departing flights

Trump, Xi, Putin plan an unprecedented joint meeting on sidelines of APEC

While the leaders gathering for joint talks will mark a singular moment, analysts say expectations are low that the talks will lead to major breakthroughs

Flights halted at airports across US due to ATC communications problems

The FAA notice said the ground stop was being imposed due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety

COP31: Consensus on climate deal unlikely as global leaders clash

sland nations seek urgent emissions cuts, Europe backs electrification, while developing countries demand climate finance and fossil fuel producers defend continued use of hydrocarbons

Nvidia crisis: Senate panel summons Jensen Huang, Howard Lutnick to testify

Senior US officials are discussing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's possible exit as lawmakers question the administration's oversight of advanced AI chip exports to China

World oil market is returning to surplus as Gulf exports recover, says IEA

Rising Middle East supplies and subdued demand are expected to push global oil production 1.7 million barrels per day above consumption in the fourth quarter